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Welcome to season 3, episode 18. I'm your host, Jason Hill, and I'm thrilled you could

join me tonight. Tonight's story, a nightmare noir thriller and cautionary tale for those who

would dare to dream, comes from an exciting and accomplished horror hill newcomer by the name of

your Copo della Quescia. And it's a really good one. So don't you go running off now?

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Thank you for your support. Now, allow me to escort you to a place where the sun dies,

and nightmares come to life. Welcome, listener, to the horror hill. You haven't found the darkness,

the darkness has found you.

And now, without further ado, from author of your Copo della Quescia, I give you

sleep dead.

Whoever said that sleep is for the week and go to hell, sleep sharpens a person

that toughens you. After one night in this pit, my mind's a diamond. It started off like any other

worknight. I was in my office doing night work. When my clock struck one, I checked my wristwatch,

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